United States: Ambulance company whistleblower awarded $1.7 million

A whistleblower from Southern California who complained about five ambulance companies paying kickbacks for referrals will collect more than $1.7 million in a False Claims Act settlement.

Kelvin Carlisle, a competitor in the ambulance services business in San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles County, filed a qui tam lawsuit with allegations of illegal kickbacks. The DOJ took over the suit.

The settling defendants together will pay more than $11.5 million to resolve the allegations.